documents for the self-defense unit. now they reveal that the documents have surfaced in a department they hadn t checked before. local government and opposition forces clashed fiercely in july, killing nearly 300 troops and civilians. opposition lawmakers had grilled the abe administration over whether any fighting had taken place. that would have violated japan s self-imposed restrictions which limit sdf operations to where a cease-fire is imposed. leaders in tokyo have repeatedly rejected such concerns. translator: i ve been briefed by the u.n. that security is relatively stable. it s the west and north of south sudan where security is deteriorating. but the newly disclosed documents describe shooting around the camp and attacks on u.n. facilities. japan s top spokesperson says the ministry did not deliberately withhold information. translator: there was never any intention to conceal the documents but by failing to locate them, it seems that the officials didn t dea
and singapore s growth surges, beating december quarter forecast. we will be live there for a check on the vital shipping industry. before we 30 minutes get under way right here in hong kong and china. singapore just coming on. looking at those numbers. we had a complete blowout there. let s take a look at how it is reacting to the data probe we had this morning. up about 2/10 of 1%, gdp coming on year.higher up 2%. at movers, uab they are the third biggest lender. bad load provisions rose. lower than and ocbc, forecast profits. we see the nikkei lower for a second day, with property and energy leading the drop. toshiba slipping for a fourth day. a single project may be in jeopardy as the u.s. firm says it may be seeking a new contractor. in australia we do have it snapping a two day rise, act by health and material. gold-mining, seems to be gaining confidence. third biggest oil and gas producer falling 1% after better than normal forecasts on sale volumes. narrowsee its ne
we are 30 minutes away from the open in china and hong kong. a down market at the start of this trading week. a lot of event risks on the horizon. we hear from president trump in of first joint session congress speech. we are seeing a stronger yen, weighing down the japanese markets. let s get straight to sophie kamaruddin at the market board for the latest. asian: i down monday for stocks after a weekly gain of .5%. a lot of event risks on the horizon given trump and yellen due to speak. gdp datahe lookout for from india, australia, china pmi , housing starts and capital spending. inanese shares focused today. , so setei 225 down .9% for a fourth day of declines. some equity movers in focus, toshiba falling 3%, the day to day swings as speculation around its chip unit sale. friday, it announced it may consider selling a majority stake in its chip unit to a third-party, but chipmakers also in the red. in korea, the kospi in the red. deepening losses. dram chip price growth ha
net.is the month to date 3 billion for south korea. a similar amount when you look at the top handle. , you could find a come he did find a few people that would tell you that. about 40,an markets, 50 point short of its high. the other market i want to mention is when you look at australia, for a split second, we dipped below that 50 day moving average on the a sx 200. that is into wednesday when there was a selloff of wall street. we are back above that at the moment. we are clear off that. when you look at markets, australia doing very well. 56 points to the upset. we will be fleshing out these stories for you. the open in tokyo and whether we really move forward, now that we finally see the japanese yen weaker against the u.s. dollar. in the meantime, here is first word news. leaders sayublican they plan to vote on the bill washingtonrnoon, time. a group called the freedom caucus forced a delay, asking for a broader appeal of obama care. they do not believe negotiations
reporter: shinzo abe stood before the diet to defend himself and his wife. translator: regarding the issue off 1 million yen, it is regrettable that he gave testimony which can t be proven and is not true. reporter: abe was trying to refute sworn testimony from yasunori kagoike, the president of the educational group moritomo gakuen. he told lawmakers he received a donation of about $9,000 from abe s wife open his behalf in 2015. concerning a purchase of state-owned land to build a school. the group got the land for a fraction of it estimated value the deal has been questioned by lawmakers. abe denies any wrongdoing. translator: the issue originated with the problem relating to the state land sale and licensing of the school. regarding those issues, i believe it was made clear that no specific politician was involved. reporter: while the prime minister issued denials, his wife is still in the spotlight for her connections to moritomo. she was listed as the honorary